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Jan. 6, 1906.] 
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Edward O’Donnell, of MLansford, defeated Charles 
Burke, of Coles, at Mahanoy City, Pa., on Jan. 1, in an 
exciting match at 13 birds for $150 a side. This was a 
contest of endurance as well as of skill. About 500 people 
were stated to be present. The scores were: O’Donnell 
9, Burke 7. 
» 
There was a large attendance at the Point Breeze 
Race Track, Philadelphia, to participate in the live-bird 
The high wind was a serious inter- 
ference with the shooters’ attempts. In the main event at 
10 birds, sixteen entries, Mr. E. C. Garigus, Jr., was the 
only one to score straight. 
The December cup of the Crescent Athletic Club was 
won finally by Mr. D. C. Bennett, at the weekly shoot 
He 
had as opponents two formidable. contestants, Messrs. 
C. A. Lockwood and O. C. Grinnell, Jr., the victory 
“between the three depending on the final contest. 
Sd 
R. S. Elliott, Secretary, writes us that the Missouri 
State Game and Fish Protective Association will hold 
their twenty-ninth annual tournament on the Blue River 
shooting grounds, Kansas City, Mo., May 15-19. Pro. 
grammes may. be had after April 15, on application to 
Secretary Elliott, 807 Delaware street, Kansas City. 
x 
Mr. C. W. Billings, at one time a regular shooter in 
the numerous trapshooting contests about New York a 
fiew years ago, when trapshooting was much more active 
than it is at present, departed for his winter home at 
New Smyrna, Fla., in the early part of this week. Mr. 
Billings has been shooting quite regularly at the traps 
of the New York Athletic Club, of which organization 
he is a member. He scored a number of wins, and ap- 
proached near to his old-time excellence of form. 
x, 
A new gun club, the Laurel, Md., Game Protective 
Association, recently organized, and elected officers as 
follows: President, Harry F. Frost; First WVice-Presi- 
dent, M. J. Tighe; Second Vice-President, P. C. Gor- 
man; Secretary and Treasurer, Le Page Cronmiller; 
Commiitee on New Members, Herman G. Odenwald 
and John W. Williams. A large sum of money has 
already been subscribed, with which the club will buy 
birds in the near future. The club has nearly forty 
members. 
x, 
The match between Messrs. S. C. Alman and J. Mc- 
Donald, 25 live birds; 28yds., $25 a side, shot at the 
Point Breeze Race Track, Philadelphia, Jan. 1, was won 
by Mr. Alman, with a score of 24.to 20. An exhibition 
shoot, 27yds., between Miss Ricker, of Lancaster, Pa., 
and Judge James Tonghill, resulted in a tie on 17 out 
of 21 birds shot at. Each missed an equal number, 
which is not always the case between gentlemen. Two 
sweepstakes, one at 10, the other at 7 birds, were shot 
also, but no straight scores were made. 
» 
Mr. R. O. Heikes, who by his friends everywhere is 
often referred to by the endearing term “The Daddy 
of "Em All” in recognition of his eminent skill at the 
traps, was an honored visitor in New York during a 
part of the holiday season. He was busy a large part 
of the time shaking hands with old friends, and it is not 
to be presumed that in the short time of a few days he 
met them all at that. This great performer, whose high 
average through past years are in number as the leaves 
of the forest, has heen shooting during the past year in 
great form, and his clear eye, grand physique and ex- 
emplary habits indicate clearly that he will continue to 
snuff ’°em out during many years to come. 
w, 
The Crescent Athletic Club 
shoot which was well attended. 
testants for the New Year’s cup, which was won by Mr. 
F. T. Bedford with a straight score after a shoot-off with 
Messrs. H. Kryn, O. C. Grinnell, Jr., and A. G. South- 
Mr. Bedford also scored 
Mr. H. 
held a New Year’s Day 
There were twenty con- 
worth, each of whom scored 23. 
a win on the Stake trophy with a score of 25. 
the Ernst trophy, a useful cabinet which 
sweet and displayed useful bottles 
thirteen events 
Kryn won 
opened with 
glasses. <A 
music 
and programine of was 
finished. 
¥, 
The following, taken from the Sun, is sad news indeed 
to the many friends of the deceased: ‘“‘Memphis, Tenn., 
Dec. 26.—Frank P. Poston, local counsel for the South- 
ern Pacific Railway Corporation, was shot through the 
abdomen late yesterday afternoon and died last night. 
Poston was walking in De Soto street on his way home 
from a Christmas gathering. As he came opposite the 
mouth of a blind alley, which formed the side entrance 
to a negro saloon, a drunken negro fired his pistol toward 
the street. The bullet passed through Poston’s hand 
and lodged in his abdomen. Poston died in the Pres- 
byterian Hospital. He asserted that the shooting was 
accidental. The negro who did the killing is known to 
the police, but has not been caught. Poston was well 
known as an expert shot.” 
